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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen E Boll, Vestal, NY (US);
James Kenneth Lake, Endicott, NY (US);
Randy C Long, Friendsville, PA (US);
Peter Michael Ziolkowski, Apalachin, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228 54 ; 228 55 ; 2952501 ;
Abstract
A soldering iron tip includes a removable Invar shield covering a copper core plated with other metals. In one embodiment, the core is plated with iron and, outside a working section of the tip, with nickel and chrome. In another embodiment, the core is plated with chrome.